Wayne County is returning to Eight Mile to finish the job it started back in 2016.

Orange barrels have begun to line the road, west of Farmington on the Livonia/Farmington Hills border, for construction work taking place this spring.

Whitney Lewis, director of communications and community outreach for the county's Department of Public Services, wrote in an email that concrete patching will begin this month along the road from just east of Farmington to around Golf Ridge Circle, a 1.2-mile stretch. In addition to concrete patching, work is expected to take place to improve the left-turn lane, an area that was not done in 2016 due to funds running out for that project.

The $700,000 project will begin "later this month" and will see lane closures throughout the project.

"Lane closures are expected, with one lane open in each direction at all times," Lewis said. "When the appropriate time commences to begin this project, we will make sure to send out the proper notification to give motorists fair warning."

The road had work finished along it during November 2016, when a $3.5 million project for concrete patching took place along both Eight Mile and Seven Mile roads in Livonia. Once work wrapped, motorists complained about the condition of the road, including the condition of the left-turn lane near the Northridge Commons shopping center west of Farmington. A few months later, Wayne County said it would re-evaluate the work and attempt to come back to work along the road.

County Commissioner Terry Marecki, R-Livonia, said the county originally planned on doing work along the road last year, but postponed it. She was glad to hear work would resume shortly on the road, one which said she plenty of people have asked her about.

"This is a real pleasant surprise. I didn't know it was happening right now," said Marecki, who represents Northville, Northville Township and most of Livonia. "I really feel like the executive (Warren Evans) has been working with Livonia and Northville and they're doing everything they can to complete these roads."

The city of Livonia has committed to assisting the Eight Mile work this year as well, city engineer Todd Zilincik said. He said Livonia has pledged to supply $50,000 out of budgeted funds to assist with the construction to make improvements to the road.

In addition to Eight Mile, Wayne County will also work on Inkster Road, between Six Mile and Seven Mile, later this year. Farmington Road, between Plymouth and the CSX Railroad tracks, will also see work, a collaboration between the county and the city of Livonia that was put in place earlier this spring.

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